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Show LOS ANGELES SHOWS LIVING COST INCREASE WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Livingj costs last December as compared with I those in, December, 1319. showed an I 'Increase in J 1 ef the principal cities land a decrease in ten, according to tho monthly review Monday of the! 'department of labor The greatest de-! crease noted was In Chicago. 3.8 per 'cent, and the largest Increase was In I ; Ios Angeles. t. per cent. j The percentage of Increase In olh-l er cities Included Detroit, 5.1 peri (cent. Kansas City, 0.5; Denver, 4.0 iper cent. y Of the cities which showed decreases. de-creases. Portland, Ore., followed Chicago Chi-cago with B decrease of 1.9 per cent; iSeattle. 1.8 per cent; San Francisco.' 1.4 per cent, and New York, 1.2 per. icent. no |